Siemens SIMOTION D4 5-2 Series Commissioning And Hardware Installation Manual page 71

● Every MPI station must be connected to the bus first and then activated.
● Maximum cable lengths:
Note
You can also use intelligent DP slave functionality for PROFIBUS communication between
CPUs.
SIMOTION D4x5-2
Commissioning and Hardware Installation Manual, 02/2012
To disconnect the station, it must first be deactivated. Then, the station can be removed
from the bus.
– 200 m per bus segment
– 2000 m total length with RS 485 repeaters
Connecting
3.7 Connecting PROFIBUS/MPI
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